Verse List for GEN 31:49

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OET (OET-RV) It’s also named ‘Mitspah’ (which means ‘watchtower’), because he said, “May Yahweh watch between me and you when we are hidden one from the other.

OET-LV And_(the)_Miʦpāh that he _said may _he _keep _watch YHWH between_me and_between_you if/because we _will _be _hidden each from_neighbour _of_his.

ULT It is also Mizpah, because he said, “May Yahweh watch between me and you when we are hidden one from the other.

UST Another name for the place is Mizpah, which means “watchtower,” because Laban said to Jacob, “May Yahweh watch both of us to make sure that we keep our treaty while we are apart from each other.

BSB & MSB [It was] also [called] Mizpah,[fn] because [Laban] said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.

OEB and Mizpah, for Laban said, ‘May the Lord watch between me and you when we are absent one from another,

WEBBE & WMBB and Mizpah, for he said, “The LORD watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.

NET It was also called Mizpah because he said, “May the Lord watch between us when we are out of sight of one another.

LSV Mizpah also, for he said, “YHWH watches between me and you, for we are hidden from one another;

FBV It was also called Mizpah,[fn] for as Laban said, “May the Lord keep a close eye on both of us when we're not together.

T4T They also named the place Mizpah, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘watchtower’, because Laban said, “We will ask Yahweh to watch you and me while we are separated from each other, so that we do not try to harm each other.

LEB and Mizpah,[fn] because he said, “Yahweh watch between me and you when _⌊we are out of sight of each other_⌋.[fn]

BBE And Mizpah, for he said, May the Lord keep watch on us when we are unable to see one another's doings.

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JPS and Mizpah, for he said: 'The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

ASV and Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

DRA The Lord behold and judge between us when we shall be gone one from the other.

YLT Mizpah also, for he said, 'Jehovah doth watch between me and thee, for we are hidden one from another;

Drby — and Mizpah; for he said, Let Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we shall be hidden one from another:

RV and Mizpah, for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
(and Mizpah, for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee/you, when we are absent one from another.)

SLT And watchtower: for he said Jehovah will watch between me and between thee when we shall be concealed a man from his Mend.

Wbstr And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

KJB-1769 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.[fn]
(And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee/you, when we are absent one from another.)

KJB-1611 And [fn]Mizpah: for he said, The LORD watch betweene me and thee when we are absent one from another.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps And Mispah: for he said, the Lord loke betwene thee and me when we are departed one from another,
(And Mispah: for he said, the Lord look between thee/you and me when we are departed one from another,)

Gnva Also he called it Mizpah, because he said, The Lord looke betweene me and thee, when we shalbe departed one from another,
(Also he called it Mizpah, because he said, The Lord look between me and thee/you, when we shall be departed one from another,)

Cvdl and a testimony, for he sayde: The LORDE loke betwene me and ye, whan we are departed ye one from ye other:
(and a testimony, for he said: The LORD look between me and ye/you_all, when we are departed ye/you_all one from ye/you_all other:)

Wycl And Laban addide, The Lord biholde, and deme bitwixe vs, whanne we schulen go awei fro yow;
(And Laban addide, The Lord behold, and judge/judgement between us, when we should go away from yow;)

Luth und sei eine Warte, denn er sprach: Der HErr sehe darein zwischen mir und dir, wenn wir voneinander kommen,
(and be a/one Warte, because/than he spoke: The LORD see in_it/in_there between to_me and you/to_you(sg), when we/us each_other coming,)

ClVg Intueatur et judicet Dominus inter nos quando recesserimus a nobis,
(Intueatur and he_will_judge Master between us when recesserimus from us,)

UHB וְ⁠הַ⁠מִּצְפָּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֔ר יִ֥צֶף יְהוָ֖ה בֵּינִ֣⁠י וּ⁠בֵינֶ֑⁠ךָ כִּ֥י נִסָּתֵ֖ר אִ֥ישׁ מֵ⁠רֵעֵֽ⁠הוּ׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ ἡ ὅρασις, ἣν εἶπεν, ἐπίδοι ὁ Θεὸς ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ· ὅτι ἀποστησόμεθα ἕτερος ἀφʼ ἑτέρου.

BrTr And the vision of which he said—Let God look to it between me and thee, because we are about to depart from each other,—